Blomhoff, Titia and Johannes
- Place of creation
- Description
- In 1817, a Dutch vessel carrying a special party arrived in Nagasaki. Though this was strictly forbidden, Jan Cock Blomhoff, the new supreme headman or ‘Opperhoofd’ of the Deshima trading post, had brought along his wife Titia and his small son Johannes. The Dutch tried to persuade the Japanese authorities to let them stay, but Titia and the child, nevertheless, ultimately had to leave. Various Japanese artists, among whom Kawahara Keiga, made paintings and drawings of Titia during her stay in Japan. Titia was elevated to icon of ‘the Dutch woman’. This Japanese print features Jan Cock Blomhoff (1779-1853), Titia Bergsma (1786-1821), their small son Johannes (1816-1900) and Petronella Munts, the nurse who had to care for the child.
- Object type
- prints (visual works)
- Dimensions
- Collection
- The Netherlands – Japan
- Institution
- Source
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- NEHA SC 477 nr. 18 (print), IISG
- Copyright
- for information contact: IISG
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